Bricks Stacked On Canal Bank Awaiting Transport
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The activities on the canal bank, could be guessed at from the cargo on the barges. Amongst the loads being carried were, coal, bricks, concrete blocks, timber, rice bales, sand and aggregates. Many other loads were hidden from our prying eyes by tarpaulins. In the distance, tall chimneys of factories on the canal bank, issued out plumes of black smoke. On other canal bank sections we saw a brick works and lime kilns, all relying on the canal barges to get the finished products to their delivery points. Good use was being made of the canal waterway, relieving the pressure on roads, not yet prepared for the increase in traffic they would soon have to contend with as China encouraged investment by foreign companies. The canal bank sometimes was cropped agricultural land sloping to the water’s edge where flocks of white ducks preened their feathers.
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At other parts, the walls of the canal bank stone were topped with low concrete posts and lintels, forming a very open fence. A road along the canal bank fronted houses and shops.
Parts of the wall on the canal bank had no fence, but steps led down to the water where children bathed or used small fishing nets on bamboo poles. There were wharves on the canal bank stacked with tree trunks, bricks, pipes, rice straw, all waiting to be transported to some unknown destination. A cruise down the River Li from Guilin to Yangshuo would satisfy anyone's thirst for picturesque scenery but for a glimpse of the everyday lives of a particular group of Chinese people living on or near the canal bank, what could be better than a cruise down the Grand Canal ?
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Canal Part 1... Tug Boats And Barge Trains
Canal Part 3... Knitting, Eating, Sleeping On Barges
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| The Chinese Dragon, mythical beast of legend is displayed in many forms. The open door picture of a Chinese Dragon at the entrance to the long driveway leading to the Temple Of Heaven in Beijing shows it was ready to defend its Chinese Emperor. |
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| Pictures of People Who Are Happy: Open door pictures of Chinese boys in pictures of happy people sharing time together. Chinese cousins in the UK, one on a holiday visit from Guangzhou, China, laugh and joke together about nothing in particular, but they are happy. |
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| Open door pictures of a Chinese wedding with ancient customs western style. Chinese wedding pictures as Bride and Groom return to Groom's home for Chinese Tea Ceremony, then to Park for photos. The wedding banquet shown in the open door pictures was in keeping with ancient Chinese Wedding Traditions. |
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Children In China the Land of the Dragon
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